The Crown of Gilded Bones (Blood and..

How well he knew me never failed to amaze me, and he
couldn’t read my emotions.
“Besides,” he continued, “we plan to negotiate with the
Blood Crown. If they have a message, we need to hear it.”
Nodding, I turned back to the terrace doors, watching
the vines move gently in the salty breeze. “What does your
father think of us—of us and the Crown?”
“He doesn’t know what to think. He’s more…reserved
than my mother when it comes to revealing what he is
thinking,” Casteel said. “Always has been, but he knows that
if you claim the Crown, there is little he or the Elders can
do.”